North Pole

The clerk’s office in North Pole, Alaska, announced Thursday that a man whose legal name is Santa Claus launched a write-in campaign for City Council, according to the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer. Continue reading →

The strong winds that normally keep the masses of very cold air contained near the North Pole weakened this week, allowing frigid temperatures to reach down into the United States. Judy Woodruff talks to Andrew Freedman of Climate Central about the science behind the polar vortex. Continue reading →

A period of intensive study of the Earth’s polar caps, called the International Polar Year, ended in March, leaving researchers with a bounty of data to sort through to help inform the next generation of polar research. Continue reading →

As scientists continue to explore the poles as part of the International Polar Year, hoping to better understand the Earth’s most extreme environments, some researchers are looking for answers even farther off — toward the north pole of Mars. Continue reading →